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…Alcoholism is an overwhelming desire to drink alcohol, even though it is causing harm. Alcohol is a drug. In the United States alcoholism is the most widespread form of drug abuse, effecting at least 5 million people. About one third of high school…

…Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse Crime Prevention Act was passed and rightly so because, first and second time drug offenders should receive the therapeutic treatment they need. After the sentence most of the offenders come out of jail worse than…

…the "Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control Act of 1970". The Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control Act reviewed the nation's drug regulations. Title II of the law, known as the Controlled Substances Act, determines which drugs should be controlled, ways of reducing…

…. Although it is illegal to use/abuse illicit and licit drugs in the United States, it still does not change the number of people who do use/abuse drugs. I personally believe that the use of a drug increases when the drug is banned because I believe that people…

…Cocaine is an alkaloid obtained from leaves of the coca plant and used medically as a local anesthetic. It is also widely abused as a drug. Native Americans of the Inca Empire chewed coca leaves to obtain mild euphoria, stimulation, and alertness…

…The benefits of helping the homeless far outweigh the costs. I think it is fair to say that homelessness is both caused by, and a result of drug and alcohol abuse. Once homeless, people turn to drugs and alcohol as an escape to their unthinkable…

…Alcohol Alcohol is one of the most used and misused drugs known to man. One reason alcohol is misused is because it is accepted in society. People drink to be sociable. Many restaurants…

…says that subsidizing free needles does not help to decrease the number of drug-abusers, the reader will wonder that is it the real purpose of this program? No. As he also mentions in this article, the ethnical purpose of this policy is to reduce the number…

…. Also alcohol and drug abuse is present in many families. Alcoholism is about not having any choice when that drinks goes down. From then on alcohol controls the person's life and the only way out is abstinence or death. A full fifty percent of all…

…. First and foremost are concerns about triggering an addiction. Ritalin or any amphetamine is a more dangerous gateway or starter drug than marijuana. More and more children aged ten to fourteen are abusing Ritalin as a street drug (International Narcotics…